A group of Penn State Beaver students and Student Affairs staff members celebrated the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday on Monday, Jan. 17, by working in a variety of local and regional community outreach projects. About 80 students from Beaver and five other regional Penn State campuses gathered at Penn State Fayette to participate in numerous community service efforts. In addition, Beaver campus participants assisted the Center for Hope in moving into a new, larger location in Ambridge.

Penn State Beaver students hosted a Day of the Dead celebration last Monday and raised more than $300 for cancer-related charities, including the Susan G. Komen For the Cure organization. The students are members of the Spanish classes taught by Robin Bower, associate professor of Spanish. The funds are from faculty, staff, students and members of the public who visited the exhibit. For more information about next year's Day of the Dead event, contact Bower at rmb29@psu.edu or 724-773-3886.